Sole Tennessee U.S. House Democrat advised state GOP leader to censure expelled lawmakers

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) urged the Tennessee state House speaker to consider lesser punishments, such as censure or revoking committee assignments, for the Democratic lawmakers that were later expelled.

The primary Democrat in Tennessee’s’s Congressional delegation is Cohen. Since 2007, he has represented his Memphis neighborhood in the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to joining the House in 2007 as a senator for Tennessee for 23 year. One day before the government voted to remove two of the three Democratic lawmakers for interfering with a cannon reform demonstration on the House floor in response to the terrible school shooting in Nashville, Cohen wrote to Tennessee state House Speaker Cameron Sexton( R-Cumberland ) on Wednesday, requesting that he think about other options.

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As a former state lawmaker for 25 years and active member of Congress, Cohen wrote,” I recognize the importance of adhering to parliamentary body rules.” The three Democratic Members did break the politeness code, but I think expulsion would be a quite severe punishment.

Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson were all dismissed from their boards as punitive measures in response to their opposition on March 30. This was noted by the House senator.

Cohen’s’s request was denied, but Johnson was spared and Jones and Pearson were both expelled, and there were sharp responses from all over the United States. She claimed that she narrowly escaped her exclusion vote because Jones and Pearson are dark and Johnson is white.

A majority of state House GOP politicians have started supporting proposed votes to reintroduce the two expelled Democrats, despite the fact that they have stated that the evictions were not motivated by race. In order to reclaim their seats, Jones and Pearson have both stated that they would be available to candidature or running in special votes.

Cohen wrote in his letter that expelling the members would result in the disenfranchisement of their constituents, who voted for them, acknowledging that the” Tennessee Three ,” as they have come to be known,” participated in a” breach of decorum. Additionally, it may incur additional costs for both secondary and general elections.

In a CNN interview on Sunday night, Cohen expressed his embarrassment at Sexton’s’s handling of the expulsions, describing him as” very important figure” in the state legislative process” who was” very much offended” by the three peoples’ grandstanding on the house floor.

He told the circle,” The system was one where, I believe, it got beyond the speech.” He lacked the imagination or concept to believe that this would become a national issue and the negative light Tennessee had project.

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Cohen now made a call to Tennessee Governor Republican Bill Lee should intervene and make sure Jones and Pearson quickly reclaim their tickets. Lee has not yet made any remarks regarding the evictions. Observing the retired Sens. Bill has to deal with these issues, Cohen continued, adding that Lamar Alexander ( R – TN ) and Bob Corker were no longer available to handle these challenging political moments. He continued by describing those problems as” an” disgrace for the position.

While the environment” truly has a racist demeanor ,” Cohen said. I believe it was more of a management challenge than racial one. Now, he admitted that the effect was just too heavy-handed.